When real or personal property is transmitted by inheritance to two (2) or more persons, they will take the same as tenants in common. However, when personal property is distributed in separate units by a personal representative, each distributee will hold his or her distributed part in severalty.
Ark. Code Ann. § 28-9-207
Heirs as tenants in common
Acts 1969, No. 303, § 9; A.S.A. 1947, § 61-139.
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